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Japan OKs FY2019 Budget, Record 34.6 Trillion Yen Earmarked for Social Security
The Japanese government on December 21 approved a record general account budget of 101 trillion yen for FY2019 beginning next April, which includes social security budgets totaling 34.59 trillion yen, also an all-time high. The social security budgets marked an…
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